Sibling for Amelia

Girl Names
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] all! I’m hoping you can come up with some suggestions for girls’ names for DH and I. We are expecting another miracle on 12/7/14. We have 1 DD whose name is [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Mia[/name_f]’ [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]. We like names that have a nn built in. So far on our list we have:

[name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Cait[/name_f]’
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Beth[/name_f]’ (though my love for it is diminished due to my dislike of [name_f]Lizzie[/name_f]/[name_f]Liz[/name_f] and it’s popularity)
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Cate[/name_f]’

We are struggling to find any names we like this time around.

Thank you all in advance for your help!

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Let me share some of my favorite “names with a nickname”:

Florence “Flora” “Posy”
Dorothy “Dottie” “Dolly” “Dory”
Aurelia “Aura” “Rella” (Note: I had an ancestor named Aurelia Amelia!)
Cordelia “Cora” “Delia” “Caddy” “Celia”
Adelaide “Addy” “Laidy” “Heidi” “Ada”
Caroline “Caddy” “Carrie”
Charlotte “Lottie”
Eleanor “Ella” “Ellie” “Nora”
Madeleine “Maddy”
Selena “Lena”
Genevieve “Neve” “Evie” “Eva”
Beatrice, Beatrix “Bea” “Trixie”
Imogen “Gem”
Theresa “Tess” “Tessa” “Reese”
Louisa “Ouisa” “Lula”
Susannah “Sunny” “Sally” “Sosie”
Josephine “Josie” “Effie”
Johanna “Jo”

These all come with the bonus of a lovely meaning!

PS I adore Amelia ‘Mia’ Noelle. Good job! :slight_smile:

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I think [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] sounds great with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] “[name_f]Mia[/name_f]”. [name_m]How[/name_m] about the nn “[name_f]Libby[/name_f]” instead?! [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Libby[/name_f].

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I like [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] best from your choices. [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] and all her variations seem overdone to me. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] is ok but not as pretty as [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] imo. I think you can easily avoid [name_f]Liz[/name_f]/[name_f]Lizzie[/name_f] if you have another nickname at the ready. I personally like [name_f]Libby[/name_f] and [name_f]Betsy[/name_f].

Other ideas:
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Jillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (I like [name_f]Margot[/name_f] but also [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], [name_f]Greta[/name_f], etc)

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I like [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Cate[/name_f] the best together for nicknames, so I’d choose [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f]/[name_f]Cait[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]…just not really [name_f]Beth[/name_f]. I love the idea of [name_f]Libby[/name_f], or else maybe [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] nn [name_f]Elsa[/name_f]/[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]?

[name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] would also be really cute.

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[name_f]Savannah[/name_f] - Savi
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] - [name_u]Joss[/name_u]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] - [name_f]Tilly[/name_f], [name_u]Mattie[/name_u]
[name_f]Corine[/name_f] - [name_f]Cori[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] - [name_f]Tori[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] - [name_f]Meri[/name_f], Meridee, Mere
[name_f]Calista[/name_f] - [name_f]Callie[/name_f], [name_f]Cala[/name_f]

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[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like the names you suggested [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], ext. ?

What about

[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]- nn [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]- nn [name_f]Rora[/name_f] or [name_u]Rory[/name_u]
Maebry- nn [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]–nn [name_f]Lotte[/name_f] or [name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]–nn [name_f]Addy[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]- nn [name_f]Elle[/name_f]

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[name_f]Bethany[/name_f] is a lovely, uncommon variation of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] that guarantees the [name_f]Beth[/name_f] nickname.

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Thank you all for the lovely suggestions! DH and I will have to mull them over. We do like [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] but it’s not love like we felt with [name_f]Mia[/name_f]'s name and I think that’s the feeling we’re waiting for.

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[name_f]Florence[/name_f] “[name_f]Flora[/name_f]” “[name_f]Posy[/name_f]” – nms though it’s pretty.

[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] “[name_f]Dottie[/name_f]” “[name_f]Dolly[/name_f]” “[name_u]Dory[/name_u]” – Our neighbor’s name is [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]…we’re not close…

[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] “[name_f]Aura[/name_f]” “[name_f]Rella[/name_f]” (Note: I had an ancestor named [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]!) – [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] is gorgeous but not sure we want the double a (beg/end).

[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] “[name_f]Cora[/name_f]” “[name_f]Delia[/name_f]” “Caddy” “[name_f]Celia[/name_f]” – DH isn’t a fan.

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] “[name_f]Addy[/name_f]” “[name_f]Laidy[/name_f]” “[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]” “[name_f]Ada[/name_f]” – A possibility - though the popularity is a bit unnerving.

[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] “Caddy” “[name_f]Carrie[/name_f]” – Pretty but…there’s something.

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] “[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]” – DH doesn’t like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], not sure why though.

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] “[name_f]Ella[/name_f]” “[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]” “[name_f]Nora[/name_f]” – I thought about this name but it feels ‘old lady’-ish doesn’t it?

[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] “[name_f]Maddy[/name_f]” – We know a couple of Madelelines and they are…unruly children.

[name_f]Selena[/name_f] “[name_f]Lena[/name_f]” – DH says all he can think of are the Underworld movies…

[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] “[name_f]Neve[/name_f]” “[name_f]Evie[/name_f]” “[name_f]Eva[/name_f]” – (hot topic alert!!) [name_f]My[/name_f] best friend told me that if they have a little girl this is the first name they’ve picked, as much as I love it - it’s not worth it.

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] “[name_f]Bea[/name_f]” “[name_f]Trixie[/name_f]” – I want to like it - I do…but I don’t. LOL

[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] “[name_f]Gem[/name_f]” – Pretty.

[name_f]Theresa[/name_f] “[name_f]Tess[/name_f]” “[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]” “[name_u]Reese[/name_u]” – Never thought of [name_u]Reese[/name_u] as a nn.

[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] “[name_f]Ouisa[/name_f]” “[name_f]Lula[/name_f]” – Lousie is a contender for middle name.

[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] “[name_u]Sunny[/name_u]” “[name_f]Sally[/name_f]” “[name_f]Sosie[/name_f]” –

[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “[name_u]Josie[/name_u]” “[name_f]Effie[/name_f]” – Pretty name but DH doesn’t like the nns (he doesn’t care for [name_u]Joey[/name_u] either)

[name_f]Johanna[/name_f] “[name_u]Jo[/name_u]” – This is a beautiful name - unfortunately this name is forever ruined by an ex-boss.

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[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] – DH said as in the teenage witch?

[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] – Pretty but are there other nn besides [name_f]Suzie[/name_f]?

[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] – Gorgeous! [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is a common name on his side which would be nice though not crazy about the nn of [name_f]Rose[/name_f].

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] – DH said it’s an old lady name.

[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] – [name_f]My[/name_f] mn is [name_f]Ann[/name_f] so it would be a nice tie in…

[name_f]Jillian[/name_f] – It’s a nice name just too dated for us.

[name_f]Bethany[/name_f] – Pretty - if only DH liked it.

[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] – [name_f]Miri[/name_f] would be a pretty nn…

[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] – Pretty. [name_m]SIL[/name_m]'s middle name though…[name_m]Will[/name_m] consider.

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I like [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Mia[/name_f]

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I like [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Cate[/name_f] and [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] together if you do [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]. I think those sound gorgeous!

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[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] and

[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]. … nn [name_u]Caro[/name_u]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] … nn [name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] … nn [name_f]Eve[/name_f] or [name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]. … Nn [name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] nn [name_u]Jo[/name_u] or [name_u]Josie[/name_u]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f] nn [name_f]Mari[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f] nn [name_u]Fran[/name_u] or. [name_u]Frankie[/name_u]

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I really love the suggestion of [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]. I don’t think [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] is too old lady either, I think it’s a classic and the nicknames [name_f]Ella[/name_f] or [name_f]Nora[/name_f] are adorable!

[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] nn [name_f]Vivi[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] nn [name_u]Penny[/name_u]/[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]/[name_f]Polly[/name_f]/[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Julianna[/name_f] nn [name_f]Julia[/name_f] or [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f] nn [name_f]Millie[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] nn Fliss

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[name_f]Coralie[/name_f] - [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f] - [name_u]Abby[/name_u], [name_f]Gail[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] - [name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] - [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Bella[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] - [name_u]Alex[/name_u], [name_f]Alexa[/name_f], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], [name_f]Andra[/name_f]

Good [name_m]Luck[/name_m]!

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Holy cow! You guys rock!! I have to sit down and look through all of these wonderful suggestions!!

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I quite like [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f], if I’m honest.

[name_f]Florence[/name_f] - [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] - [name_f]Hattie[/name_f]/[name_f]Arrietty[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] - [name_f]Lola[/name_f]/[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]/[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f] - [name_u]Georgie[/name_u]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] - [name_f]Lulu[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucie[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] - [name_f]Evie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] - [name_f]Nellie[/name_f]/[name_f]Nora[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] - [name_f]Annie[/name_f]/[name_f]Bella[/name_f]/[name_f]Belle[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] - [name_f]Lettie[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] - [name_f]Betsy[/name_f]/[name_f]Bess[/name_f]/[name_f]Bea[/name_f]/[name_u]Tris[/name_u]/[name_f]Trixie[/name_f]/[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] - [name_f]Lillie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f] - [name_f]Jemma[/name_f]/[name_f]Emmie[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] - [name_f]Bella[/name_f]/[name_f]Belle[/name_f]

Those are some of my favourites with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] (another that I love) :slight_smile:

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I love [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]!